I saw the Print Out & related Printin exhibitions at Moma on Sunday. Interesting to see contemporary woodcut prints alongside other forms of printing & to hear from the curator about the resurgence of woodcut printing today! 8 amazing pieces by Xu Bing a colleague of Ai Wei Wei. She creates such movement, drama & detail in 'Series of Repetitions' 1987 & 1988,
In black ink on off white paper.

While in NYC I purchased a selection of different Japanese paper to experiment on with my current project & hope to be able to comment on them eventually!
Sue Kallaugher

Oh, now I get it!!! I thought the carving was funny but didn't make the simple leap - and I loved that book as well as your dragon with the girl tattoo! I've been enjoying the dragons as they come in and have just created a space for their display on a cork board. Janis Doucette On 02/27/12, Terry Sargent Peart<terryspeart@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks, Nancy! Its a great movie (and books) go see it. Terrywww.terrypeart.blogspot.com From: owner-baren@ml.asahi-net.or.jp [mailto:owner-baren@ml.asahi-net.or.jp] On Behalf Of NANCY OSADCHUKSent: Monday, February 27, 2012 7:53 AMTo: baren@ml.asahi-net.or.jpSubject: [Baren 45154] Re: Terry Peart's dragon Well, I thought the print was great in the first place but until watching the Oscars last night I did not get the connection! Had not read the book or seen the movie..What a great idea Terry.Nancy O

I'll be the Coordinator for Exchange #52 as soon as Kris has it set up. I was noticing there are still quite a few spaces available so signing up now will assure you will be on THE list instead of the dreaded wait list. Also the size is quite cozy for both working and cost of paper/ink and for mailing, a lovely little 10"x7.5" or 24.5x19cm.

The subscriptions for the new 'Arts of Japan' series are rolling in, one by one. I'd love to be able to say 'pouring in', but let's keep this real!

When I reply with a short 'thank you' note, I usually include something like this: "As you might have seen from the RoundTable blog, it's going to be a month or so before this one is ready to ship - making those cases here 'in house' is going to take quite a lot of time. I hope to have the first print ready to fly by the start of April. Thanks for your patience ..."

Most people reply (if at all) with a simple "No problem!". This morning though, a slightly longer reply came in:

You know, I'm probably not alone in this: one of the things I really enjoy about subscribing to your series is that I _do_ have to wait for it. It's something we don't have to do very much these days. I _like_ that I pay for something, and then a while later (but not so long that I notice that, "Hey, wasn't I supposed to have received that already?") I am surprised and delighted when it shows up on my doorstep. It's decidedly old school, and wonderful.

I understand these sentiments, and - of course - concur. But it reminded me of an experience I had some years ago when the original Treasure Chest was under way. The number of collectors was 'OK', but there was . . .
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Subject: "Hey, can you move over just a little bit?" --Adjusting a kento.Posted by: Andrew Stone

This is the first time I've done this so I post these photos and my comments as an invitation to any who have done this before, often or just better to comment below on improvements.

As I mentioned in my last post I was pretty precise in cutting my original kentos.
I either use a Kento-nomi ( a flat chisel used just for this purpose) or the hangi-toh being carefult to split the black line that is my guide.
But sometimes, despite being careful, or if the wood shifts or expands more on one block than another one has to adjust the kento to allow for this shift.

This is the problem.

I'll let the following photos explain things but here is a summary.
A flat chisel is used to cut a groove next to the existing kento.
Using a slender, wedge of hardwood, tap it in with a hammer. Cut it flush with the kento and get back to printing.
As this was the first time I try this. I cut a sample kento on the edge of the block to try it out.

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